Jazz For A Saturday Night #126: Butch Miles

Drummer Butch Miles was born on July 4, 1944 in Ironton, Ohio. The family eventually moved to West Virginia, which Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night 12-6-2014

Owing to technical difficulties, there will be no new JFASN tonight. My sincere apologies. As an alternative, please check out Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #125: The Bosman Twins

Twins Dwight and Dwayne Bosman have been delighting jazz audiences in and around St. Louis, Missouri (and indeed, all over Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #124: Houston Person

This week’s featured artist just passed a milestone: On November 10, 1934, Houston Person was born in Florence, South Carolina. Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #123: Horace Silver

It would be difficult to find a jazz pianist who has touched the lives of as many jazz fans and Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night November 1, 2014

Even though this is actually the first Saturday of the month, not the last, I am making this a down Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #122: Johnny Hodges

Forever stuck in the shadow of his (almost) perpetual employer, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges was nonetheless one of the most Continue reading →

Computer Treachery

Owing to a really weird problem that my expensive Samsung laptop developed during the night last night, there will be Continue reading →